MANDERA (Halbeeg News) – At least three Kenyan police officers were on Friday killed and several others sustained injuries after their police vehicle hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mandera County near kenya’s border with Somalia.
In a statement, Kenya police confirmed that the ambush took place at 6am in Banisa during routine border patrol, the injured officers are currently receiving medical attention.
According ti the statement, a multi-agency team of security officers was sent to pursue suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists who sustained heavy casualties after engaging Kenyan police in an exchange of fie along the Mandera-Somalia border.
“Swift action by the National Police Serve has secured the area and we wish to assure residents of our sustained vigilant presence even as the operation to apprehend and bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice continues.” Read the statement by Deputy Inspector General of Police Edward Mbugua.
The ambush took place at 6am.
A similar incident involving the Kenya Defence Forces occurred in Baure area, within Lamu County recently, claiming the lives of 3 soldiers.
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